Chute for freight-cars.



J. L. ROSS.

CHUTE FOR FREIGHT CARS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG=2I, 1914.

l 1 5 1,7 1 9. Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

WITNESSES INVENTOR (Q, I J. L. Ross. Wfl, 7 %M LOLUMIHA PLANOGRAPH co.WASHINGTON. n. c.

UNTTED TATES PATENT @FFTQE.

JOSEPH LAWRENCE BOSS, OF MONONGAHELA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CHUTE FOR FREIGHT-CARS.

Application field August 21, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH LAWRENCE Ross, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Monongahela city, in the county of WVashingtonand State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Chutes for Freight- Cars, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to chutes for use in connection with freightcars, more particularly freight cars for transporting grain, and has forits object to provide a device of such class, in a manner as hereinafterset forth, to provide for the convenient discharge of the grain from thecar when the occasion so requires.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a chute for the purposeset forth, which is simple in its construction and arrangement, strong,durable, efficient in its use, readily set up with respect to the floorof the car, and inexpensive.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists ofthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, ashereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention,but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modificationscan be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereuntoappended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote correspondingparts throughout the several views :F i gure 1 is a longitudinalsectional view of a chute in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is aperspective view thereof.

Referring to the drawings in detail the chute comprises a frame formedof an inner bar 1, and outer bar 2, a pair of side bars 3 and 4. The bar2 is of greater length than the bar 1 and the latter is arranged betweenthe bars 3 and 4: at the inner ends of this latter. The bars 3 and iincline toward each other whereby a frame is formed, which when inoperative position greatly decreases in width inward. The frame is se-Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

Serial No. 857,959.

cured to the lower face of the floor of the car directly below anopening in the floor.

The bars 3 and 4: are provided on their top edges with guides 5, and thebar 1 has secured to its top edge a stop 6. Slidably mounted in theguides 5 and capable of being over-lapped by the stop 6, is a slide 7,which is adapted to close the top of the frame and when in such positionalso close the opening in the floor of the car, such an openingconstituting the outlet for the grain. WVhen the slide 7 is in closedposition, it is secured against movement, by a bolt 8 and a nut 9. Thebolt extends down through an opening 10 in the outer end of the slide 7and through an opening 11 in the bar 2. The nut 9 is carried on thelower end of a bolt 8 and when screwed home engages the lower face ofthe bar 2.

Suspended from the frame 1 is a casing comprising a pair of side walls12, an end wall 13, and an inclined bottom 1i. The walls 12 and 13 areextended up through the frame and bent over to top edges of the walls 1,3 and f and then bent upon them selves to provide the' guides 5, and thestop 6. The bottom 14 of the casing inclines downward and outward andsaid casing is open at its outer end and is of less length than theframe.

Detachably connected to the outer end of the casing, which is termed aconducting casing, through the medium of the hooks 15 and keepers 16,only one hook and keep is shown, is a channel shaped inclined conductingspout 17, which when not in use is positioned in a conducting casing andsecured therein in any suitable manner.

What I claim is.

1. A chute for the purpose set forth comprising a frame and conductingcasing suspended from said frame, open at its forward end and having adownwardly and outwardly inclined bottom a slide for closing the top ofsaid frame, and an inclined conducting chute detachably connected to theopen end of said casing, said casing having the walls thereof extendedand bent upon thilmselves, and guides and a stop for said sli e.

2. A chute for the purpose set forth, comprising a frame and conductingcasing suspended from said frame, open at its forward end and having adownwardly and outwardly inclined bottom a slide for closing the top ofsaid frame, and an inclined conducting chute detachably connected to theopen end of said casing, said casing having the Walls thereof extendedand bent upon themselves, and guides and a stop for said 10 slide, andmeans for securing said slide in closed position.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

JOSEPH LAWRENCE ROSS. WVitnesses:

L. P. WARNE, L. MILHOAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G.

